diff --git a/src/App/Search.php b/src/App/Search.php
index 3a669c0..f86230f 100644
--- a/src/App/Search.php
+++ b/src/App/Search.php
@@ -90,7 +90,17 @@ final class Search
         $stmt = $this->pdo->prepare($sql);
         try {
             $stmt->execute($bind);
-            return $stmt->fetchAll(\PDO::FETCH_ASSOC) ?: [];
+            $rows = $stmt->fetchAll(\PDO::FETCH_ASSOC) ?: [];
+            if (defined('APP_ENV') && APP_ENV === 'staging') {
+                $logOk = [
+                    'status' => 'ok',
+                    'sql' => $sql,
+                    'bind' => $bind,
+                    'count' => count($rows),
+                ];
+                @file_put_contents(__DIR__ . '/../../debug/search_debug.log', print_r($logOk, true));
+            }
+            return $rows;
         } catch (\PDOException $e) {
             // Log into /debug/search_debug.log and continue with empty results
             $logErr = [